2020 Finalists
Explore the 60 shortlisted entries, highlighting the Asia-Pacific's most amazing organisations, individuals, projects and programs in Entrepreneurship and Engagement
Entrepreneurial University of the Year
Institutional-level
The University of Auckland
Achieve the amazing with the University of Auckland
University of Technology Sydney
University of Technology Sydney – The home of student entrepreneurship
Engaged University of the Year
Institutional-level
Fuzhou Melbourne Polytechnic
Read ten thousand books, travel ten thousand miles
Swinburne University of Technology
Working collaboratively to build an impactful research and innovation ecosystem
University of the Sunshine Coast
Connecting people, place and greenspace to create healthy, happy communities
Green University of the Year
Institutional-level
Chiba University of Commerce
The First 100% Renewable Energy University in Japan
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Learning in tandem with the tides of the mighty Brahmaputra at the vibrant campus of IIT Guwahati
Entrepreneurial Leader of the Year
Individual-level
Lifetime Achievement in Entrepreneurship
Individual-level
Calum John Drummond
Sculpting research and innovation ecosystems to provide exceptional societal value
Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year
Individual-level
Prakash Koirala
Entrepreneurship education to financial capability: Way forward for financial freedom
Trina Myers
Creating tomorrows innovators by embedding a techno-preneurial culture across degrees
Ruari Elkington
QUT – Prioritising Creativity and Entrepreneurship at the University for the Real World
Engagement Leader of the Year
Individual-level
Ehud Keinan
Academia cannot stay ivory tower, should rather become a lighthouse
Innovation and Collaboration Space of the Year
Various levels
OzU X Innovation Center
OzU-X Innovation Center: Commitment to Explore the Unexplored
The Swinburne Fire Station – Swinburne’s Innovation Precinct Hub
Sparking Innovation and Fuelling Growth through Collaboration, Creativity and Know-how
Caspian Entrepreneurship Center of the Caspian State University of Technology and Engineering
Achieve unlimited opportunities with us!
Unleash Space
Unleash your potential with the University of Auckland’s Unleash Space
Innovation Challenge of the Year
Project-level
TOM@University
Co-designing ability – TOM@University shifting the paradigm of assistive solution development
Tianjin University
Emerging Engineering Education: Coping with changes and shaping the future
Chitkara University Research & Innovation Network
Let us make a difference to somebody near us
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Support of the Year
Various levels
UNSW Founders Program
Building Australia’s most comprehensive university entrepreneurship program
Institute for Technology and Innovation Management (iNT)
Power of Mahidol Innovation
Research & Innovation Network (CURIN) and Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and Development (CEED)
Let the dreams take their first flight to realisation
Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, IIT B, Technology Business Incubator
You Dare We Support
Community Engagement Initiative of the Year
Project-level
Service Learning Programme, Career Guidance Unit
Future Leaders: Engaging, Empowering, Transforming
Girls in Cyber Security Advancing (GiCSA) project
‘Yindyamarra Winhanganha’ (an Indigenous (Wiradjuri) phrase that means the wisdom of respectfully knowing how to live well in a world worth living in)
Farming Together Program
Building resilience in farms and communities through collaboration
Student-driven Sustainability Project of the Year
Project-level
Social Enterprise for Economic Development (SEED)
RISE TO A HEROIC TRANSFORMATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS THROUGH SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE TEACHING AND LEARNING: SOCIAL ENTERPRISE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
MSU MyCoral – Eco Marine Project
Transforming Forest of the Sea, Enriching Marine Lives
